The Nicodemus enterprise., 1887-08-17
broken. When resuscitated he reported that
ne had been robbed of $147.


made the opening address for the state.
At Montrose, Colorado, Mrs. Heath went to
neighbours Friday morning, leaving three
small boys alone in the house. The bows
tried to light fire and set fire to the house.
which was consumed and two of the children
burned to death.
A special from Washington, Ind, says that
Wednesday night Peter Rurkhardt, aged 20, a
wealthy farmer, near Petersburg, having be-
come jealous of his young wife, deliberately
shot her dead in the presence of their 4-year-
old boy and then killed himself.
In the tally sheet cases Thursday at Indian
apolis sensation was caused by witness Per-
k1ns, who testified regarding the mutilated
sheets. He also said the defendants raised
and applied fund Of $4,000 for corrupting
the first grand jury by which they were inves-
tigated. The testimony created a sensation.
Charley Saunders, young miner who was
imprisoned in flooded mine at Grand juno
ton last Monday morning. was rescued alive
and well Thursday afternoon. He escaped
from the water by hiding in an old air cham
Der ten feet square, and when rescued had
been imprisoned ITO hours
Accommodations were secured from San
Francisco for Queen Kapiolani and the re-
mainder of the Hawaiian royal party on board
the steamship Australia, which sailed for
Honolulu Tuesday afternoon, the queen hav-
ing decided not to wait for the United States
cruiser Hassler, on which accommodations
were rendered her.
A Connellsville special says that the Miners
Amalgamated association and Knights of La
Dor both held delegate conventions at Scot
dale Tuesday, and resolved to resume work
on condition that the coke operators meet
their committee to arrange scale of wages.
The general opinion is that this will end the
great coke strike, and there is much rejoicing.
A tornado passed through the vicinity of
Rainy river district and township of Allis,
Presque Isle county, Michigan, doing immense
damage to the standing pine. On one forty
acre tract not tree was left standing, and
the roads in all directions are completely
blocked by fallen trees and timber. A party
leading their horses. Their wagons
could not be extricated and were left behind.
0. H. Rothacker, editor of the Omaha Re-
publican, was arrested Thursday on complaint
of s. NJ Hitchcock, editor of the World, on
charge of criminal libel. The article which
gave Hitchcock offense was an editorial pub
lished in the Republican July 10, in which
reference was made to Hitchcock's dead
father and brother. Rothacker was released
on 81, 800 bond. This is the second arrest
under the new law.
A large number of d1stillers met at Chicago
Tuesday to discuss the organization of a
whisky trust on the plan of the Standard Oil
company, the plan being to unite in monop-
oily all of the distilleries west of the Ohio
river. 1t is understood the scheme will be in
full operation in a month and that the name
adopted is ''The Western Distillers' and Cat
tie Feeders Trust" The amount of stock to
be issued is estimated at $lO,OOO,OOO.
Miss Josie Holmes, who was exchange clerk
Of the late Fidelity National bank, and whose
Il. LIZ
ate vice president of the bank, caused his
removal to the Dayton jail, was Thursday
served with warrant charging her with aid
ng and abetting Harper in his illegal conduct.
-or which he is now awaiting trial. Upon be-
ng arraigned she waived examination and
vas required to give bonds in $4,000 which
vas not furnished.
Close upon the heels of the New Mexico
at Bavispo, comes the details Of a
still greater calamity at Bacarisc, a town
wenty miles from Bavispo. 1t had before
he catastrophe 12,0OO inhabitants. When
3avispo was destroyed the town was badly
shaken up. Since then the town of Bacariac
las been visited by a succession of shocks
hat have reduced the whole town to ruins
lost OF the people escaped, as they fed the
country terror stricken on the first disturb. |
nee.
Interest in the ALT Mccoy trial at Ports |
month, Ohio, is increasing every day. and |
very day the testimony seems to bear down |
arder on the defense. Mccoy and his at
orneys, however, show no signs of weaken. |
ng and only ask a postponement of popular
Judgment until their evidence comes in. Miss
Iorthup, sister of the dead man, takes an
ctive interest in the prosecution, even en-
10y ing two attorneys to assist the state. The
is not only hard on Aft Mccoy, but
ears heavily on his brother James, and goes
ar toward sustaining the charges of his
eng an accomplice.
Two hundred delegates were present Tues
ay morning when the annual convention OF
ne National association of boot and shoe re-
alters, at Chicago, was called to order. All
ne principal cities of the country were repre-
anted. Among the subjects to be considered
the effect upon the retail trade of extensive
ales of boots and shoes By dry goods houses
the country. The Chicago dele
ates will strongly urge that a boycott be
laced on wholesalers who sell to dry goods
ouses. This question is liable to be a thorn
! the side OF the convention, and viii prob
bly, lead to an animated discussion.
The powder-house owned by the c. W. and
=. coal company at Streator, Illinois, was
truck BY lightning at $3.50 Thursday morn
IL, causing terrible explosion, killing one
ian and wounding many, and demolishing
4 the property for blocks around it. There
SIS not window left unbroken within half
mile OF the explosion. Not Testige OF the
owder-house remains, while where ii stsOd
an excavation about sixty feet long, forty
ct wide and twenty feet deep. The number